About this event
Collaboration is the 2025 theme selected by our National President, Michelle Mills-Porter to showcase how working together can create something greater than the sum of our parts.
During this Forum, we will explore Collaboration through various lenses: Collaboration from the Stage, Collaboration through the PSA and Collaboration through Your Network.
Here are some of the benefits you’ll get on the day, delivered to you from our very own Fellowship community:
Richard McCann has delivered over 3000 keynotes around the world, inspiring audiences with his powerful and deeply personal story. In this unique session, created just for us Fellows, Richard will share a snapshot of his signature keynote and then go on to unpack exactly how he engages and collaborates with his audiences to create a shared experience, and the lessons he’s learnt over the years to deliver value from the stage.
Michelle Mills-Porter is on a mission to ensure the PSA emerges stronger and more united than ever before. This is not just a new chapter; this is the beginning of an Evolution—a Collaboration Evolution. In this interactive session, she’ll provide a candid update on the PSA and invite Fellows to explore what they can do to give back to the Association, in turn inspiring all members to catalyse societal change for the betterment of humanity.
Andy Lopata is an expert in harnessing the power of professional relationships. In this practical session, he will reveal how you can take a strategic approach to leveraging your network. You’ll explore the support you need to build your pipeline, the blind spots to be aware of and how to ask for the help you need in 2025.
Note that this will be a hybrid event so you also have the option of attending on Zoom.
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Richard McCann’s life story is one of resilience, transformation, and triumph over adversity. Raised in challenging circumstances, he faced unimaginable loss as his mother became the first victim of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. Through sheer determination, he turned his life around, becoming a Sunday Times Bestselling Author and an internationally renowned motivational speaker.
Richard inspires audiences to overcome obstacles and reach their full potential. He founded the iCanSpeak Academy, helping individuals and teams enhance their presentation skills with authenticity and confidence.
Michelle is known as The People Reader – a behaviour expert specialising in unleashing potential. As the creator of a suite of profiling tools, she speaks, consults and trains in values, motivation, communication, performance and collaboration. She works with organisations to help increase engagement, performance and results through empowering their people, alongside her family of Certified Practitioners.
Andy Lopata PSAE is known for his expertise in building professional relationships. He has written six books on networking and professional relationships, with his sixth book, ‘The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring’ published in Spring 2024. He writes a regular blog for Psychology Today and has often been quoted in the media, including The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Inc. In fact, the FT called Andy ‘one of Europe’s leading business networking strategists’ and both Forbes.com and The Independent called him ‘a true master of networking’. Find him at https://lopata.co.uk/
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